| There is no better time than the New Year to begin | | | | 3. Find a piano teacher in your area - Check the |
| piano lessons. If you have been thinking of enrolling | | | | internet or the phone book for a teacher in your area. |
| your child in piano lessons, don't wait. Piano lessons | | | | Interview the teachers and find someone who goes |
| have many educational benefits for children, so waiting | | | | out of his or her way to make your and your child feel |
| until your child is in middle school doesn't make sense. If | | | | comfortable and who will be flexible. |
| you want to do this for your child, commit to it now. | | | | 4. Arrange your schedule to accommodate weekly |
| Here's a 5 step to get your child started in piano right | | | | lessons - Parents also need to be flexible. Arrange |
| away in the New Year, instead of waiting until another | | | | your schedule to accommodate piano lessons and |
| school year rolls around. | | | | realize it is a weekly commitment. Piano lessons are |
| 1. Make room in your home for a piano or keyboard - | | | | just like any other class - kids have to show up to |
| This is step one. It seems obvious but you can't | | | | benefit from enrollment. Kids who are frequently |
| imagine how many parents put off piano lessons for | | | | absent from school don't learn as much, and it's the |
| their children because they claim they don't have | | | | same with piano classes. |
| enough room in their home for a piano. This is baloney! | | | | 5. Put the teacher's Spring Recital Date on your |
| People make room in their home for what is important | | | | Calendar - Recitals are a valuable tool that there is no |
| to them. I recommend the living room or family room. | | | | substitute for. All behavior is essentially goal driven as |
| Young children can feel isolated if they have to go to | | | | that is where motivation comes from. If you want your |
| their rooms to practice their lessons. | | | | child to be motivated in piano, help them to set goals. |
| 2. Purchase a piano or keyboard for your home - If | | | | Piano recitals are not a test, they are a goal and a |
| you are concerned that 'noise' will be a factor when | | | | valuable tool to help piano students succeed and to |
| other children are studying or taking a nap, then get a | | | | grow in confidence when they are young. |
| keyboard with ear phones. The minimum requirement | | | | Follow this simple and direct 5-step plan to get your |
| is 76 full-size keys, if you don't want to replace it within | | | | child started in piano lessons today, and when the |
| 6 months. | | | | Spring Recital rolls around, you'll be glad you did! |